Bob Stowe |

We have been asked many times this year whether it is time to rebalance. The two main investment groups are stocks ands bonds.

Yet, year-to-date the total

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Bob Stowe |

Myth #1 - Social Security is going to go broke

  • In recent years, more money has gone out in benefits than has come in. If Congress fails to raise taxes or cut
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Bob Stowe |

Inflation has cooled off from the 9.1% consumer price index (CPI) increase in June -- the largest advance in the past four decades.  US inflation decelerated in

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Bob Stowe |

ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, had a record year in 2021 as net inflows eclipsed $900 billion. If you put that amount in context to the two previous years of

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Bob Stowe |

Meme stocks are companies that became popular with online communities such as Reddit. These online forums would try to influence a stock’s price by coordinating

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Bob Stowe |

The first six months of 2022 saw the S&P 500 decline 21% from its all-time closing high at 4,796 on January 3 to a closing low of 3785 on June 30.

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Bob Stowe |

While July is so-far-so good, we don’t know if the stock market is headed out of a rough patch or falls further from here.  The biggest problem for investors is

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